cắm ruộng
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Definition
- Verb phrase:
- To stake out fields (of a debtor): An archaic term referring to the action of marking or claiming a debtor's rice fields as collateral or to seize them for repayment of a debt.
Usage Examples
- Verb phrase:
- Chủ nợ đe dọa sẽ cắm ruộng nếu anh ta không trả tiền. (The creditor threatened to stake out the fields if he didn't repay the money.)
- Theo luật cũ, họ có quyền cắm ruộng của con nợ. (According to the old law, they had the right to stake out the debtor's fields.)
Advanced Usage
- This term is primarily used in historical or legal contexts describing traditional debt collection practices in an agrarian society. It implies a formal, often confrontational, act of claiming property.
- Việc cắm ruộng thường dẫn đến tranh chấp đất đai. (The act of staking out fields often led to land disputes.)
Variants and Related Words
- Cầm đồ: to pawn, to use personal property as collateral (a more general and modern term for securing a loan with assets).
- Tịch biên: to confiscate, to seize (by legal authority, often used in modern contexts).
Synonyms
- Chiếm giữ ruộng đất (của con nợ): to occupy/seize the land (of a debtor).
- Lấy ruộng thế nợ: to take fields in lieu of debt.
Notes on Meaning
- The term 'cắm ruộng' is specific to rice fields (). The action involves physically marking the boundaries, often with stakes, to signify the creditor's claim.
- It reflects a historical socio-economic practice and is not commonly used in contemporary legal or financial language, where terms like 'thế chấp tài sản' (to mortgage assets) are standard.
- Stake out fields (said of a debtor)